Braid Hills (site of)

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art
NT251696

Nearest town:

Edinburgh (5km NNW)

OS reference:

NT251696

OS sheet:

66

Latitude:

55° 54' 48.82 N

Longitude:

3° 11' 54.3 W

Added to TMA by

Paulus

Images (2)

Images

Image of Braid Hills (site of) (Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art) by Rhiannon

From ‘Cup Marked Stone found near Edinburgh’ in The Reliquary Oct 1897.

“It has now been lifted from the ground and removed to an adjoining toolhouse, where it now lies.” (I do hope it’s somewhere safer now ??)

Image credit: -

Rhiannon Apr 30, 2011

Image of Braid Hills (site of) (Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art) by Rhiannon

From ‘Cup Marked Stone found near Edinburgh’ in The Reliquary Oct 1897.

“It has now been lifted from the ground and removed to an adjoining toolhouse, where it now lies.” (I do hope it’s somewhere safer now ??)

Image credit: -

Rhiannon Apr 30, 2011

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